From afischer@netcom.com Wed Oct 16 09:12:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!netcom!afischer From: afischer@netcom.com (Aiko Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct16.091219.3237@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 09:12:19 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Aiko Fischer Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "They will send a copy in my place." From hnakamura@inria.fr Wed Oct 16 10:27:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!inria!hnakamura From: hnakamura@inria.fr (Heather Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct16.102719.3926@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 10:27:19 GMT References: <1996Oct16.091219.3237@netcom.com> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct16.091219.3237@netcom.com>, afischer@netcom.com (Aiko Fischer) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Heather Nakamura | hnakamura@inria.fr PGP Key fingerprint: F8FF 47FD 99D4 A9CD "Keep the channels open."